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That's just not an example, that's an X-TREEM example. Cue energy drink commercial.

It's also missing the point.

The point is, just because it's sci-fi doesn't mean it has to have 100% accurate science. A little wiggle room can work wonders. For that matter, I don't see why the quadruped alien is so scientifically incorrect anyway. First of all DNA was never mentioned in the movie so I don't know wtf Phatose is talking about. Second of all the thing's a fucking alien. Hell, it's not even that, it's a biomechanical construct. It's a weapon created by an alien species. (Look up some of the stuff on the Space Jockeys sometime, you'll see they at one point planned to have something about how the Space Jockeys created the Xenomorphs as a weapon.) Who's to say it's going to play by the same genetic rules life on Earth does?

Just realised that Blade Runner (1982) came out before Neuromancer (1984), though both of them share similar influences.

Gibson once said that when he watched BR in cinema in 1982 (he was writing Neuromancer at that time), after the film he left the cinema quite shocked, because the world in the film looked far greater than the Neuromancer world in his head. Dick is a grandfather of cyberpunk, at least one of the grandfathers, for sure.

Originally Posted by Harvester

So what did you think of it? Has the image quality been improved from the kind-of-lousy previous Director's Cut DVD? And have they fixed the '6 replicants, 1 dies, that leaves 4' error?

The image is perfectly clear. Unlike the 2006 DC remastered DVD, which is actually a cleaned digital image of the 1997 DVD, for Final Cut they digitalized original film prints they digged up from Warner archive (which were thought to be lost or deteriorated beyond repair back in 2000 when the FC works started) and then worked with them further. But some people don't like the new color scheme tint, though.

The replicant error is corrected, just like many other glitches and goofs. Most people won't even notice the small corrections. Of course with the replicant math problem eliminated, there is one less Deck-a-Rep argument.

It just depends on how big enthusiast you feel to be - and how you like all the goodies/toys coming in the 5-disc package. Frankly said I didn't get to Workprint yet, but BR FAQ sums up it's specifics as follows:

US Denver/Dallas Sneak Preview/Workprint--70mm (113 min):
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- Webster's 2012 definition of a replicant used in lieu of opening crawl
- voiceovers deleted except at Batty's death
- Bryant says TWO replicants were fried running through an electric field
- conversation between snake-maker and Deckard is different and matches their lips
- includes shot of nearly nude dancers in hockey masks outside Taffey's bar
- Batty says, "I want more life, father."
- Pris lifts Deckard up by his nostrils when she beats him up
- different voiceover used after Batty's death
- ends with the elevator doors closing
- features "If I Didn't Care" by Ink Spots
- shorter than other versions

It should also have only modest placeholder soundtrack, the editing is somehow rough and the image allegedly looks bad and scratched as the original WP film print didn't go through the same level of remastering than Final Cut. Most of the more interesting short scenes it has above 82OV/92DC are either reintroduced in Final Cut or to be found/discussed among bonuses on other discs. But overall sense of the story is the same, don't expect any shocking new revelations in the plot. WP is just that thing for hopeless geeks.

Damn, originally I wanted to post a thread in commchat about the Final Cut DVDs but I guess hijacking a Crysis thread is more efficient.

I haven't watched the Workprint version myself yet either, but I don't think it'll be something to warrant multiple viewings, i.e. you'd watch it once just to see what it's about, but then that's it. So I'm guessing it's not necessarily worth it.

But the fifth disc did have another documentary on it as well, which went into the differences between the versions, and how they approached making the Final Cut. Don't know whether you'd lose that one as well if you went for the 4-disc set.

I think that 3-hours long Dangerous Days documentary (which comes even with 2-disc edition) pretty much answers everything essentially important for normal people and the featurettes on other discs are just additional in-depth tidbits.